Category: South Africa

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Project UBU is a South African cryptocurrency start-up which we first announced their initial offering late 2017. The project offers everyone who signs up, free tokens daily. We talk about the concept of a Universal Basic Income and what it mean’s to…

A new businessman has been kidnapped and released in South Africa after paying a ransom of 50 Bitcoin, according to local reports. The information has been revealed by townpress on September 18. Kidnappers Request Bitcoin Payments The businessman known as…

Iran is one of the countries that decided to create a national cryptocurrency. The main intention is to avoid US economic sanctions, but that remains to be seen. Informatics Services Corporations (ISC), the banking services provider in the Asian country, has unveiled…

South Africa and its entrepreneurial society have come up with a new idea to create a new start-up that aims to leverage blockchain technology. The main intention is to create the first cryptocurrency bank in the African continent and a cryptocurrency exchange. Africa…

South African financial services company Purple Group, has decided to add support for CFD trading for major cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). Apparently, the decision has been taken because there was an important demand from the public that has been asking…

As cryptocurrency interest and adoption continues to grow in South Africa, so do authorities’ requirements for regulations. Even though Bitcoin is nearly a decade old, cryptocurrency is still in its nascent phase. While early adopters were rejoicing and cashing out during…

We all know that the cryptocurrency world is a very confusing and difficult place to understand for most of the people. But which is one of the main discussed topics among South Africans? Well, this is data. BlockMesh and Mobile Data …

South Africa’s Central Bank, known as SARB, has been working with an Ethereum-based blockchain system that aims to reduce transaction costs and times. There have been eight different financial institutions participating from it, including Absa, Capitec, Discovery Bank, FirstRand, Investec, Nedbank and…

Wednesday 6th June 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa: Finnovation South Africa 2018 opened yesterday at the Radisson Blu Gautrain, Johannesburg, where more than 200 international Fintech experts, African digital pioneers, investors, policymakers, entrepreneurs and leading bankers gathered to harness the Fintech revolution. The high-profile event also…

At the beginning of the week, we have read several articles about the latest Bitcoin ATM installed in South Africa. My Broadband originally reported that it was not the first ATM in Johannesburg or another South African city. The reality is that…